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<br />.' <br /> <br />OOl07G <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />HOW WOULD TWO FORKS FUNCTION AS A FLOOD CONTROL DAM? <br /> <br /> <br />The flood control function of TWO FORKS Dam would be integrated <br /> <br /> <br />with the downstream Chatfield Dam, a flood-control dam proposed by the <br /> <br /> <br />Corps of Engineers. TWO FORKS Dam would provide control of floods <br /> <br /> <br />originating on the South Platte and its tributaries over the extensive <br /> <br /> <br />area including and upstream fran the Nox,th Fork. Chatfield Dam would <br /> <br /> <br />be required to control floods originating on Plum Creek and several small <br /> <br /> <br />tributaries entering the South Platte below TWO FORKS Oam. The June 1965 <br /> <br /> <br />flood amply demonstrates the need for control of Plum Creek as a flood <br /> <br /> <br />hazard. <br /> <br /> <br />The optimum flood-control capacities needed in the TWo Forks and <br /> <br /> <br />Chatfield Reservoirs will be worked out jointly by the Bureau of <br /> <br /> <br />Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers. With both Two Forks and <br /> <br /> <br />Chatfield built, Denver would be materially protected from damaging <br /> <br /> <br />floods. Additional tributaries are being studied to determine the best <br /> <br /> <br />means of flood control. <br /> <br /> <br />One very important fact should be noted with regard to the flood <br /> <br /> <br />control offered by TWO FORKS. The intake facilities for the City of <br /> <br /> <br />Denver are at and above Waterton, at points below TWO FORKS DAM but <br /> <br /> <br />above Chatfield Dam. A flood on the large South Platte drainage above <br /> <br /> <br />Waterton of the magnitude of the June 1965 flood from the tiny Plum <br /> <br /> <br />Creek drainage would have critically damaged Denver's water supply intake <br /> <br /> <br />works, the supply pipeline leading from that intake, and the Kassler <br /> <br /> <br />rilteration Plant. Denver's water supply would be severly limited until <br /> <br /> <br />the damaged facilities could be repaired or restored. TWO FORKS Dam and <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir would provide flood security for Denver's water supply, in <br /> <br /> <br />addition to its important function as a team-mate to Chatfield. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />7/65 <br />